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unit 12 vocab currie
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdicate | to resign, formally give up an office or duty |
| bestow | to give as a gift |
| capacious | able to hold much |
| caustic | able to burn or eat away by chemical action; biting; sarcastic |
| crusade | a strong movement to advance a cause or idea |
| deface | to injure or destroy the surface or appearance of |
| embargo | an order forbidding the trade in movement of commercial goods; any restraint; |
| fallacy | a false notation or belief; an error in thinking |
| levity | a lack of seriousness or earnestness, especially about things that should be treated with respect |
| mendicant | beggar |
| nauseate | to make sick to the stomach |
| negate | to nullify, deny, bring to nothing |
| pivotal | vitally important |
| recipiant | one who recieves |
| ruse | an action designed to confuse or trick |
| teem | to become filled to overflowing, to be present in large quantities |
| tenet | an opinion or belief |
| tractable | easily managed easy to deal with |
| ungainly | clumsy or awkward |
| voracious | having a huge appetite, greedy, revenous; excessively eager |